22-year-old Australian actress Mia Wasikowska is one of the two actresses being considered to play acerbic District 7 tribute Johanna Mason in the Hunger Games trilogy, a character who appears in both Catching Fire and Mockingjay and is more or less side by side with Finnick Odair as the most important bit of upcoming casting. Wasikowska has gained critical admiration for her work in Jane Eyre and The Kids Are All Right. The franchise's new director Francis Lawrence (replacing Gary Ross but maintaining his dedication to looking at both established actors and newcomers) is also looking at model Zoe Aggeliki for the role, who has significantly fewer credits to her name. [Collider]

Miriam Margolyes, who played Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter movies, tells Will.i.am that he is the first black person she has ever met and she is so excited (!!!) and he's like, o___O. [Daily Mail]

R. Kelly's memoir Soula Coaster: The Diary Of Me drops June 28th so everyone get your dicks out and wave them around "like you just don't care." [Contact Music]

The Artist actress Penelope Ann Miller almost got a divorce and then didn't. [TMZ]

Which is insane because she's smoking two packs of cigarettes a day on the set of Liz And Dick JUST like the doctor told her to. [Us]

Barbra Streisand might make her triumphant return to directing with a romantic drama called Skinny and Cat with Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett as potential stars (although Babs will doubtlessly give herself a cameo as Rumpleteezer or Grizabella or some shit) . [Digital Spy]

Patrick Wilson joins the cast of Girls as a love interest for Lena Dunham. [Vulture]

Madonna has a while "sterilizaton team" dedicated to wiping away any DNA she may have left in concert venue green rooms but GUESS WHAT, MADONNA, I HAVE ONE OF YOUR HAIRS AND IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN PLEASE LEAVE A DUFFEL BAG OF QUARTERS OUTSIDE THE PANERA BREAD ON NASSAU STREET IN PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY. [NY Post]